#4E2B85#4E2B85

#4E2B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.143 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B85
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(263, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.85, 36.58, -44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.85, 57.80, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% 0.0651 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.143 297)
XYZ	xyz(8.2383, 5.0408, 22.7247)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.83

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B85 #62852B

analogous

#2B3585 #4E2B85 #7B2B85

triadic

#4E2B85 #854E2B #2B854E

tetradic

#4E2B85 #852B35 #62852B #2B857B

square

#4E2B85 #852B35 #62852B #2B857B

split-complementary

#4E2B85 #857B2B #35852B

monochromatic

#180D29 #331C57 #4E2B85 #693AB3 #895FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#4E2B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E2B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B85

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B85	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.143 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467a9',
    500: '#4e2b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b85;
$custom-light: #8467a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 51.136,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38531,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.05041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B85

secondary

#90B15B

accent

#DB4DA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B85

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